{"id":546181,"date":"2026-04-07T20:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/546181\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:36:29","slug":"nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-utah-mammoth-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/546181\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775594184_779_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-20.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Jason Franson\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers (39-29-9, 87 pts) at Utah Mammoth (40-30-6, 86 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Delta Center<br \/>Date: Tuesday, April 7th<br \/>Time: 9:30 pm ET \/ 8:30 pm CT \/ 7:30 pm MT<br \/>TV: Sportsnet \/ KUPX-TV<br \/>Radio:<br \/>Utah Mammoth -KZNS<br \/>Edmonton Oilers \u2013 CHED 880 AM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers are first in the Pacific Division with 87 points. They went 3-1 on their recent four-game homestand.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth have the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with 86 points. They just finished a three-game road trip, where they went 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Nugent-Hopkins\/McDavid\/Savoie<br \/>Podkolzin\/Dickinson\/Kapanen<br \/>Frederic\/Samanski\/Roslovic<br \/>Jones\/Henrique\/Lazar<\/p>\n<p>Ekholm\/Bouchard<br \/>Nurse\/Murphy<br \/>Walman\/Emberson<\/p>\n<p>Ingram<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/edmonton-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get Edmonton Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Keller\/Schmaltz\/Crouse<br \/>Yamamoto\/Cooley\/Guenther<br \/>Peterka\/Kerfoot\/Carcone<br \/>Tanev\/Stenlund\/O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p>Sergachev\/Durzi<br \/>Schmidt\/Marino<br \/>Cole\/Desimone<\/p>\n<p>Vejmelka<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/utah-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get your Utah Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>29-year-old centerman Connor McDavid has 126 points through 77 games this season to lead the league. Through 31 career games against the Mammoth, including 26 when they were the Arizona Coyotes, he has 49 points.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>27-year-old right winger Clayton Keller has 78 points through 76 games this season. Through 25 career games against the Oilers, he has 14 points.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>C \/ Mattias Janmark \/ LTIR<br \/>LW \/ Zach Hyman \/ DTD<br \/>C \/ Colton Dach \/ IR<br \/>C \/ Leon Draisaitl \/ OUT<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>C \/ Barrett Hayton \/ OUT<br \/>C \/ Jack McBain \/ OUT<br \/>D \/ MacKenzie Weegar \/ DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775594187_495_10cb874b3bb4bbaad7014622cd26d4be4b0cbe394c575e70d51e4d086efdb11a.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Vani<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oilers fan in Toronto. 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